Deakin Playing Fields hosted the Capital Territory Cup, showcasing touch football talent that produced Golden Boot winners like Ponga, Johnson, and Marshall.
It is the breeding ground that helped produce Golden Boot winners like Kalyn Ponga, Shaun Johnson and Benji Marshall, and a Canberra Raiders flyer.
Long before Ponga was crowned international rugby league's best player ahead of a World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia on Sunday night, he was turning defenders inside out on touch football fields.
So too were Queensland State of Origin centre Rory Owen, and Raiders young gun Elise Simpson.